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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Pertains to tone or tones.
Piano
Da Capo
Tonal
Maestro
2. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Stretto
Duet
Scale
Introduction
3. A repeated phrase.
Duet
Ostinato
Energico
Tonality
4. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Requiem
Hymn
Rubato
Clef
5. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
EnharmonicInterval
Motif
Klangfarbenmelodie
Mezzo
6. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Part
Cadenza
Harmony
Scherzo
7. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Opera
Modes
Hymn
Ornaments
8. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Mezzo
Accessible
Rondo
Tutti
9. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Relative major and minor
Medley
Libretto
Klangfarbenmelodie
10. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Chamber music
Tempo
Sequence
Drone
11. Suite of Baroque dances.
Treble
Forte
Baroque
Partita
12. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Classical
Rococo
Gregorian Chant
Symphony
13. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Ensemble
Resonance
Concert master
Energico
14. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Movement
Partita
Triple time
Presto
15. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Mezzo
Allegro
Finale
Canon
16. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Triad
Recitative
Conductor
Cantabile
17. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Legato
Reprise
Rigaudon
Chromatic scale
18. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Tone less
Development
Soprano
Natural
19. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Suite
Partial
Reed
Cadenza
20. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Neoclassical
Phrase
Exposition
Notation
21. Unmusical - without tone.
Tone less
Scherzo
Cadenza
Modes
22. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Operetta
EnharmonicInterval
Vivace
Deceptive cadence
23. Indicating speed.
Tempo
Symphony
Allegro
Quartet
24. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Finale
Notation
Scale
Grandioso
25. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
EnharmonicInterval
Parody
Ostinato
Oratorio
26. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Carol
Ensemble
Exposition
Serenade
27. To shift to another key.
Modulation
Requiem
Maestro
Canon
28. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Root
Interlude
Ricercar
Requiem
29. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Register
Prelude
Drone
Cantata
30. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Tremolo
Da Capo
Measure
Recital
31. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Ensemble
Sequence
Maestro
Musette
32. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Tritone
Polytonality
Mezzo
Dissonance
33. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Modulation
Carol
Prelude
Classical
34. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Accessible
Relative major and minor
Tritone
Phrase
35. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Intonation
Dissonance
Scale
Counterpoint
36. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Register
Beat
Pitch
Overture
37. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Twelve-tone music
Triplet
Chant
Accelerando
38. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Instrumentation
Canon
Madrigal
Triplet
39. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Forte
Relative major and minor
Staccato
Quartet
40. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Sonata
Notation
Accelerando
Exposition
41. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Verismo
Development
Chorus
Tuning
42. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Classicism
Minor
Triad
Deceptive cadence
43. A repeated phrase.
Glee
Whole-tone scale
Pizzicato
Ostinato
44. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Glissando
Trio
Phrase
Suite
45. A short or brief sonata.
Pastoral
Sonatina
Ensemble
Renaissance
46. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Quintet
Requiem
Accessible
Carol
47. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Overture
Triad
Sextet
Legato
48. A composition written for nine instruments.
Triplet
Ensemble
Vivace
Nonet
49. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Measure
Presto
Recitative
Octave
50. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Maestro
Accelerando
Sextet
Ligature